Lawyers for technology giant Qualcomm have described its supply policy as “innocuous and lawful” as they opened their submissions at a competition tribunal.

A class action against Qualcomm that, if successful, could result in payouts for UK smartphone users, entered its second day of an expected five-week duration at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London.

Consumer group Which? has brought the claim on behalf of around 29 million UK Apple and Samsung smartphone users.

It will focus on whether Qualcomm held market power and, if so, whether it abused its position as a dominant company.

Which? alleges Qualcomm breached UK competition law by taking advantage of its dominance in the patent-licencing and chipset markets.

It claims that this resulted in Qualcomm being able to char

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